Alex Loera
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexis Alycia Loera[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 19, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Thornton, Colorado,United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bay FC | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colorado Storm | |||
| The Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | Santa Clara Broncos | 98 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Kansas City Current | 30 | (0) |
| 2024– | Bay FC | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| United States U17 | |||
| 2022 | United States U23 | ||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 13, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 6, 2023 | |||
Alexis Alycia Loera(born June 19, 1999) is an American professionalsoccerplayer who plays as adefenderforBay FCin theNational Women's Soccer League.
Youth career
[edit]Loera grew up inThornton, Colorado,and began playing soccer among other sports when she was three years old. She eventually selected soccer over playingsoftball.[2]She played high school soccer for The Academy ofWestminster, Colorado,and also played forColorado Stormof theElite Clubs National League.[2][3]
College career
[edit]Loera playedNCAA Division Iwomen's soccer for theSanta Clara Broncos.Loera was a captain for the Broncos team that won the2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament,resulting in Santa Clara's second national championship. Loera was also named the tournament's Defensive Most Outstanding player.[3]
Club career
[edit]Expansion teamKansas City NWSLselected Loera with the 36th-overall pick in the2021 NWSL Draft,though she opted to return to Santa Clara for an additional year of eligibility due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.She joined the then-renamed Current in 2022.[3]
Kansas City Current, 2022–2023
[edit]On March 18, 2022, Loera made her professional debut for Kansas City as a starter in a 1–1Challenge Cupdraw againstRacing Louisville FC.She scored her first professional goal on April 24, 2022, againstChicago Red Starsin a 2–1 Challenge Cup victory, and the goal was featured onSportsCenteras a Top 10 play.[4]
In the 2022NWSL Playoffssemifinal match againstOL Reign,Loera—moving from the backline to defensivemidfieldin place of suspendedDesiree Scott—scored the fastest goal in NWSL Playoffs history with a 4th-minute tally. The goal was Loera's first in the regular season or postseason, and was also the eventual match-winner as Kansas City won 2–0 and advanced to the NWSL Championship match.[5]Kansas City fell in the championship toPortland Thorns FCby a final score of 0–2; Loera started and played the full 90 minutes.[6]
On January 5, 2023, Kansas City Current announced that it had re-signed Loera to a three-year contract through the 2025 season.[4]
Bay FC, 2023–
[edit]On November 15, 2023, the Current traded Loera toNWSL expansionteamBay FCin exchange for $175,000 inallocation moneyand immunity in the2024 NWSL Expansion Draft.The transaction made Loera the first player signed in Bay FC's history.[7]
International career
[edit]Loera was called into camps for theUnited States under-17andunder-23national soccer teams.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Loera is currently in a relationship with former Kansas City Current teammateChardonnay Curran.[8]
Honors
[edit]Santa Clara Broncos
References
[edit]- ^"Class of 2021: Alexis Alycia Loera".Santa Clara University.June 2021.Archivedfrom the original on January 21, 2023.RetrievedApril 8,2023.
- ^abAzzi, Alex (October 28, 2022)."Q+A: Alex Loera on journey to Kansas City, 2022 NWSL Championship".On Her Turf.NBC Sports.RetrievedApril 6,2023.
- ^abcdWiley, Ben (September 10, 2022)."NWSL Rookie Report: Alex Loera electrifying for the Kansas City Current".Soccer America.RetrievedApril 6,2023.
- ^abGreen, PJ (January 5, 2023)."Kansas City Current re-signs defender Alex Loera".WDAF-TV.RetrievedApril 6,2023.
- ^Hruby, Emma (October 23, 2022)."Alex Loera's first NWSL goal helps Current advance to title game".Just Women's Sports.RetrievedApril 6,2023.
- ^Carlisle, Jeff (October 29, 2022)."Portland Thorns overcome adversity-filled season to win third NWSL title".ESPN.RetrievedApril 6,2023.
- ^"Alex Loera traded to Bay FC as NWSL expansion team's first player".CBS News.November 15, 2023.RetrievedNovember 15,2023.
- ^"Instagram".www.instagram.com.RetrievedApril 13,2024.
- ^Loera, Alex (November 13, 2023)."Alex Loera".twitter.com.RetrievedApril 13,2024.
External links
[edit]- Alex Loeraat Soccerway
- 1999 births
- American LGBT soccer players
- Living people
- National Women's Soccer League players
- American women's soccer players
- Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer players
- Kansas City Current draft picks
- Kansas City Current players
- Soccer players from Colorado
- People from Thornton, Colorado
- Women's association football defenders
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- Bay FC players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Christians from Colorado